Hey guys! I'm finally finished with my second year of college and now that I'm on summer break, I finally have some time to do another DIY post! A
few months ago, I became inspired by Lisa Pullano's DIY jewely cupcake stand tutorial on YouTube. The resulting product was so beautiful and affordable that I felt this was a project that I HAD TO try out
myself and share with you guys! This project is perfect for anyone looking to get organized in a stylish way!
All you will be needing are two plates of varying sizes (one big and
one smaller plate), one candlestick holder, and a strong glue of
your choice. In my case, I chose to use my hot glue gun because my cake stand is relatively small and I'm not going to be putting anything heavy on it, so I don't have to worry too much about the cake stand falling apart. However, in the case that you decide to use larger and/or heavier plates, I would advice that you use a glue that is more heavy duty (e.g. e6000). Also, if you do not have a candlestick, you can purchase one from the dollar store or other objects like wine glasses or small vases.
First, wipe down your plates and make sure they are clean and dust free.
On the underside of the smaller plate, find the center of the plate and
glue the candlestick holder to the center. The diameter of the base of
the candlestick is much larger than the top part and I decided
to glue the base of the candle holder to the underside of the smaller plate
because the base would take up more space on the larger plate if you
glue the base to the larger plate.
Next, on the top of the larger plate, find and mark the center of the
plate. Then glue the whole top tier of the cake stand to the center of
the larger plate. Follow the instructions on your glue of choice for
drying/curing time. Since I'm used a hot glue gun, I only left it alone
for about 10 minutes. After that, your new cake stand jewelry organizer
is ready to go!
I love this project so much! There are various ways that you could go about doing this project. You could spray paint the dishes and candlestick, you could add more tiers to your cake stand, you could use items besides the candle stick to hold up the tiers.....the list goes on and on! This project only cost me one dollar for the candlestick since I repurposed some old plates I found in my garage. I loved this project so much, that I made two more cake stand type displays for my room!
For the above cake stand display, I had to use a stronger glue (i.e. e6000) instead of my glue gun. The plates I used were much larger and heavier and I also stacked 2 candlesticks on top of each other to make the second tier higher, so I used a stronger glue to prevent the display from falling apart.
This display was made from an old ash tray I found and a candle stick from the dollar store.
Overall, I think this is a great way to repurpose old plates that you may have lying around. It makes for a great decoration and is also an affordable project! Have fun getting creative with putting together your cake stand organizer!
As
always I hope this post was useful to you in some shape or form and
please let me know what you guys think of this project in the comments below!
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog! ♥
Until next time~
